Placerville Airport

{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox airport

| name = Placerville Airport

| image =

| IATA = PVF

| ICAO = KPVF

| FAA = PVF

| type = Public

| owner = El Dorado County

| operator =

| city-served = Placerville, California

| location =

| elevation-f = 2,585

| elevation-m = 788

| coordinates = {{coord|38|43|27|N|120|45|12|W|region:US-CA_type:airport_scale:10000|display=inline,title}}

| website =

| pushpin_map = USA California

| pushpin_mapsize = 180

| pushpin_label = PVF

| pushpin_label_position = left

| r1-number = 5/23

| r1-length-f = 4,201

| r1-length-m = 1,280

| r1-surface = Asphalt

| h1-number = H1

| h1-length-f = 50

| h1-length-m = 15

| h1-surface = Concrete

| stat-year = 2010

| stat1-header = Aircraft operations

| stat1-data = 66,000

| stat2-header = Based aircraft

| stat2-data = 138

| footnotes = Source: Federal Aviation Administration{{FAA-airport|ID=PVF|use=PU|own=PU|site=02052.*A}}. Federal Aviation Administration. Effective August 25, 2011.

}}

Placerville Airport {{airport codes|PVF|KPVF|PVF}} is three miles east of Placerville, in El Dorado County, California, United States. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a general aviation airport.{{cite web | url = http://www.faa.gov/airports/planning_capacity/npias/reports/media/2011/npias_2011_appA.pdf | title = 2011–2015 NPIAS Report, Appendix A (PDF, 2.03 MB) | work = National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems | publisher = Federal Aviation Administration | date = October 4, 2010}}

As of January 2024, there are no passenger airlines operating scheduled flights from or to the airport. From 1977 to 1978 California Air Commuter scheduled Piper Navajo flights to Placerville.http://departedwings.com/The%20Airlines/Cal%20Air/Cal%20Air.htm

Facilities

Placerville Airport covers 243 acres (98 ha) at an elevation of 2,585 feet (788 m). Its one runway, 5/23, is 4,201 by 75 feet (1,280 x 23 m). It has one helipad, H1, 50 by 50 feet (15 x 15 m).

In the year ending April 30, 2010 the airport had 66,000 aircraft operations, average 180 per day: 97% general aviation, 1.5% air taxi, and 1.5% military. {{Needs update|date=January 2024}}138 aircraft were then based at the airport: 96% single-engine, 2% multi-engine, 1% helicopter, and 1% ultralight.{{Needs update|date=January 2024}}

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